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Glenn DuBois, Chancellor

The 10-minute tour ofThe 10-minute tour of Virginia’s Community Colleges Virginia’s Community Colleges

VCCS by the numbers…

• Created in 1966

• 40 campuses on 23 colleges

• Annually serving 340,000 students

• Tuition is 1/3 of 4-year institutions

Most Virginians live within a 30-minute drive of a VCCS campus.

VCCS Governance Structure

VCCS Funding

Bridging Virginia’s Higher Education Needs

Credit PortabilityVCCS helps students transfer credits in

two ways:1. Dual Enrollment – helping high

school students earn college credit.2. Guaranteed Transfer Agreements –

ensuring community college graduates a seat at a four-year institution of their choosing.

Dual Enrollment• Allows students to earn

college credit before graduating high school, often for free.

• 29,000 students served last year.

• Tom and Monica Hamlin earned their associate’s degree last year before finishing high school and enrolling in VMI.

Tom and Monica Hamlin

Guaranteed Transfer Agreements

• More than 24 agreements allow community colleges graduates to attend the 4-year college of their choice.

• Each agreement has specific GPA and other requirements.

• Keith Logan used a VCCS transfer agreement to go from an over-night shift at a paper factory to graduate from community college and enroll at Virginia Tech.

Workforce Training (WDS)• Served 190,000 people

last year.• Customized business

training.• Apprenticeship

instruction.• Career Readiness

Certificates.

High Profile Workforce Training

New DCC graduates making the most of opportunity By DENICE THIBODEAURegister & Bee staff writerFebruary 9, 2008

“Three months ago, the first students in Danville Community College’s manufacturing technician certification program began a very intense, 11-week session designed to make them more employable by the area’s manufacturers.

“Three weeks ago, Swedwood hired the whole class - all 18 of them…”

High Profile Workforce TrainingRolls-Royce plant deal gave state an education Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007 By JOHN REID BLACKWELLRICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER

“When Rolls-Royce announced plans last month to open a $100 million jet engine plant in Prince George County, company executives said Virginia's education system was a key reason they chose the state.

“The University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the Virginia Community College system will be actively involved in the Rolls-Royce project, creating two research centers, new professorships, internships and training programs…”

Flexible Workforce Training• Virginia needs 22,600 new

nurses by 2020.

• Nearly half of VA’s new nurses are community college graduates.

• Since 2002, VCCS nursing graduation rates are up 52%.

• The Commonwealth Nursing Program’s on-line classes helped Donna Wenzel, a single mother of 11, become a nurse.

Donna Wenzel and nine of her eleven children.

Workforce Re-Training• Tim Canon Sr.’s grandfather

began working at the Norfolk Ford plant in 1925.

• When the plant closed last year, the Canons were among 700 people helped by an emergency community college effort, “Shifting Gears.”

• Both earned a Maritime Training Center Captain’s License and together, they are launching a chartered boat business.

Tim Canon Sr. and Jr.

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Glenn DuBois, Chancellor

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